Cataloguing of the Defects Existing in Aluminium Window Frames and Their Recurrence According to Pluvio-Climatic Zones

Abstract

The sustainability of building envelopes is affected by its windows, since these establish the connection/separation between the indoor rooms and the external environment. They can also lead to problems if they do not offer sufficient protection against external agents. The data source in this research is unprecedented, as it is based on records of court sentences. There is a significant number of cases (1615), which provides high representativeness for the functional reality of windows. The methodology that was developed classifies the defects and the causes that were found, also analysing correspondence with their recurrence according to aspects of climatological location. In the results, the cases pertaining to water infiltration, air permeability and humidity by condensation are highlighted. This study provides a vision that categorizes problems related to aluminium windows that may be useful for future interventions by agents participating in the construction process.

Technology and Management for Sustainable Buildings and Infrastructures

“…The authors of the published papers used various analysis techniques to obtain the suggested solutions for each topic. Listed by key techniques, various techniques such as Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) [3,12], the Taguchi method [4], machine learning including Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) [5,28], Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) [6,7], regression analysis [13,17,19,25,28], Strength-Weakness-Opportunity-Threat (SWOT) [11], system dynamics [16,26], simulation and modeling [10,19,[22][23][24]29,31,32], Building Information Model (BIM) with schedule [21,24,27], and graph and data analysis after experiments and observations [8,9,14,15,18,20,27,[29][30][31][32] are identified.…”